southerly change
my daughter's cheek
hot against mine
hollyhock shadow
against the wall
your boots
Sandra Simpson lives in Tauranga in the aptly named Bay of Plenty in New Zealand.
She is secretary of the Katikati Haiku Pathway Committee and edits Haiku NewZ (http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/haikunews) for the NZ Poetry Society. She won last
year's Kokako International Haiku Competition and received an Honourable Mention in
this year's Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Contest. Besides haiku, she enjoys gardening
(and has the puncture wounds to prove it), walking and laughing.
Sandra Simpson lives in Tauranga in the aptly named Bay of Plenty in New Zealand.
She is secretary of the Katikati Haiku Pathway Committee and edits Haiku NewZ (http://www.poetrysociety.org.nz/haikunews) for the NZ Poetry Society. She won last
year's Kokako International Haiku Competition and received an Honourable Mention in
this year's Robert Spiess Memorial Haiku Contest. Besides haiku, she enjoys gardening
(and has the puncture wounds to prove it), walking and laughing.